Chiara vs Chistopher
American parents have registered 5,927 Chiaras since 1880, against 1,446 Chistophers. Chiara is still ahead, with 228 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chiara Chistopher
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 69 years in which either name was published, Chiara for 42 years and Chistopher for 27 years. The lead changed hands 8 times.
- 1951 Chiara ahead
- 1958 Chistopher ahead
- 1959 Chiara ahead
- 1960–1974 Chistopher ahead
- 1975 Chiara ahead
- 1976 Chistopher ahead
- 1977 Chiara ahead
- 1978–1987 Chistopher ahead
- 1988–2025 Chiara ahead
Side by side
| Chiara | Chistopher | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,927 | 1,446 |
| Most in one year | 228 | 59 |
| Babies in 2025 | 228 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 5,800 | 1,300 |
| Median age today | 18 | 42 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 1985 |
| Best rank | 1,065th girls | 1,242nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,065th | 9,714th |
| First recorded | 1951 | 1958 |
| Girls / boys | 5,927 / 0 | 0 / 1,446 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Chistophers alive today are over 42; half the Chiaras are over 18. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Chiara Florida (3.5×), New Jersey (2.9×), New York (2.8×)
- Chistopher California (5.5×), Texas (3.3×), New York (0.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Chiara and Chistopher.